Toowoomba nightclub kick to head earns man jail term

Peter Hardwick
Reporter
Peter started in 1976 as apprentice typesetter/comp and has 32 years with The Chronicle in three stints (in between working/holidays in UK/Europe, Brisbane and Melbourne). Entered editorial from comp room in 1996.

Lipsett pleaded guilty to charges of assault occasioning bodily harm, obstruction at a licensed premises and two counts of public nuisance arising from incidents that night and to refusing to give police his name during another incident on June 13.

Defence solicitor Brad Skuse told the court his client had shown a significant change of attitude since the incident and Lipsett's employer had provided a reference attesting to that.

It was unfortunate his client had kicked the man but fortunately the injuries had not appeared to have been significant, he submitted.